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Now during the diadochi wars many people focus on Antipater and Antiognus. People forget however about one of Alexander’s best generals Eumenes. This is a pod during second war of the diaodachi at the battle of Gabiene Antigonus loses and is killed by Eumenes. Basically Antiognes fails to take Eumenes camp and baggage.
316 B.C
At the fierce battle of gabiennes Antigonus tries to take the baggage camp of Eumenes. However eumenes a few hours earlier decided to leave some 6000 troops to guard the baggage camp. He realized that should the baggage camp fall he would lose the loyalty of the silver shields.. The silver shields were people who hated being ruled by a Greek and eumenes knew that if baggage train is gone it would lead to disaster. When Antigones and his men of some 10000 charged into the camp they came across 6000 of eumenes troops. In the ensuing battle Antigonus was slain by an arrow. The great one eyed soldier fell to his death off his horse. Antigones was dead. With the death of antigones his army broke rank and fled. Meanwhile the silver shields proved their worth when they crushed Antigonus center force. By the end of the day Antigones
whole force had been defeated or captured and his baggage train seized.
This would be the turning point in the second Diaodachi war. With his savior of the baggage camp the silver shields soon pledged their loyalty to him.
315 B.C:
With his victory at Gabiennes Eumenes went on the offensive. The King of Macedonia Polyperchon Eumenes Ally soon led his 15000 strong army into Anatolia. Lysimachus an officer of Antigonus suffered a crushing defeat in Thrace. With his death Anatolia fell to Polyperchon. Meanwhile Eumenes turned his force onto Egypt. By this time Phoenicia was retaken once more and Eumenes marched for Syria. After heavy fighting Syria fell and soon Eumenes would begin his most famous campaign leading to the destruction of Ptolemy
314 B.C-311 B.C: Ptolemy soon leads his force of 20000 against Eumenes forces. However at Jerusalem Ptolemy and his forces are massacred. Ptolemy himself falls in battle. With the death of Ptolemy his generals in Egypt realize they can save their skins if they support eumenes. In this manner Eumenes takes control of Egypt. With the deaths of Antigonus and
Ptolemy, Eumenes secured Polyperchons succession as heir to Alexander.
309 B.C:
With the defeat of Ptolemy only cassander remained. Eumenes turned his attention towards Cassander intent on restoring Polyperchon as rightful king of Alexander's empire.